(4,4,3,3,1,5) 12 Powerful drug needed by hospital department (6) 14 Going
hungry around Spain? Far from it (8) 17 Approved translation of Norse Edda mostly (8) 19
One has to go through the wardrobe to locate it (6) 22 Travelling bag accompanying wife to old road motel,
perhaps (11,4) 24 I complain about her (5) 25 Slow scoring? (9)26
Never failing to be naive at all times (9) 27 One is required from the stage designer – and then again,
not! (5)

DOWN1 Will she get cross with husband that is very quietly engaged digesting a
set of books? (9) 2 Stone has a new record at No 1 (5) 3 Pottery made originally
by one in German city (7) 4 Have a mind to observe seizure (3,3) 5 As describes
quite new pieces in collection? Yes and no (8) 6 Birds – cat's eating one of them (7) 7
Reportedly was short of an empty container for milk production? (9) 8 Shrewd woman invested in Cyprus
(5) 13 Henry VII stood for it - and vice versa (5,4) 15 Ostentatious dignitary
is reserving love for the higher placed of the two Europeans (9) 16 Once more use fruit that's no good
(2-6) 18 Swindling cartel includes a politician (7) 20 Article – one of five – on
God by Italian philosopher (7) 21 Inert metal principally extracted with nitrogen (6) 22
See 11 23 I'm stoned, man – that's not right (5)